Free State police spokesperson, Mmako Mophiring, says more arrests will follow as police are still following leads. Mophiring adds that all four suspects will be appearing in the Phuthaditjhaba Magistrate's Court on Thursday. He says the suspects are facing charges of arson and malicious damage to property.

ALSO READ: #UFS fire: Student arrested

OFM News previously reported UFS spokesperson, Lacea Loader, told OFM News that the preliminary findings of urgent investigations that were conducted by police and the university's protection service indicated that the two buildings inside campus were intentionally set alight on Monday evening.

ALSO READ: #UFS building gutted by fire

The two buildings, which housed the clinic and laboratory, were almost destroyed and damages to both buildings are estimated at R35 million.

ALSO READ: UFS students protest over allowances

Students have been unhappy about payments of allowances that they are yet to receive from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). OFM News previously reported that two students were allegedly shot at with rubber bullets, by police officers, during a protest march at the UFS main campus in Bloemfontein on Monday.

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